Toby Wallace (born 6 June 1995) is a British-born Australian actor, known for his role in Babyteeth (2019), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020.
Toby Wallace | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 June 1995 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Early life and education
editWallace was born in the United Kingdom[1] on 6 June 1995, living there until he was aged eight. After the family moved to Australia, he went to Jells Park Primary School in the Melbourne suburb of Wheelers Hill until Year 6,[2] before transferring to Caulfield Grammar School, where he trained in drama and theatre.[3]
Career
editWallace's first appearance in a feature film,[4] aged 13,[5] was in Lucky Country, a 2009 film by Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders. It was for this role that he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor.[1]
In 2012, Wallace had a role in the TV movie Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away.[3] In 2012, Wallace played a month-long guest role in the long-running TV series Neighbours.[4][3]
Wallace played the young Michael Hutchence in the miniseries about the rock band INXS, called INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, released in 2014.[5]
Wallace played a leading role in the Australian feature Acute Misfortune, starring Daniel Henshall as the artist Adam Cullen and Wallace as his biographer,[1] and was in the TV miniseries Romper Stomper, both released in 2018.[5]
Wallace plays Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, in the 2022 TV series Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.[1]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lucky Country (aka Dark Frontier) | Tom | |
| 2011 | Surviving Georgia | Albie | |
| 2013 | Return to Nim's Island | Edmund | |
| Galore | Danny | ||
| Grandad | |||
| A Great Man | Dusty | Short film | |
| The Last Time I Saw Richard | Jonah | Short film | |
| The Turning | Blakey | ||
| 2016 | Boys in the Trees | Corey | |
| St Elmo | Joshua | Short film | |
| 2017 | Smashed | Dean | Short film |
| Tangles and Knots | Taylor | Short film | |
| 2018 | Acute Misfortune | Erik Jensen | |
| Entrenched | Thomas | Short film | |
| Nursery Rhymes | Metalhead Boy | Short film | |
| 2019 | Babyteeth | Moses | |
| 2023 | Finestkind | Charlie | |
| The Royal Hotel | Matty | ||
| The Bikeriders | The Kid | ||
| 2024 | Inside | Post-production | |
| Eden | TBA | Post-production | |
| TBA | The Last Days of John Allen Chau | TBA | Post-production |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away | David Junior | TV movie |
| 2012 | Neighbours | Corey O'Donaghue | TV series |
| 2014 | It's a Date | Nathan | TV series |
| Parer's War | Lieutenant Ron 'Judy' Garland | TV movie | |
| INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | Young Michael | TV movie | |
| 2018 | Romper Stomper | Kane | TV series |
| 2019 | The Society | Campbell Eliot | TV series |
| 2022 | Pistol | Steve Jones | Miniseries |
Recognition
editWallace was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Young Actor in Lucky Country.[1]
He won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival[6] and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020, for his role in Babyteeth.[7][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Toby Wallace". CPMGT. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Alumni". Jells Park Primary School. 2 January 1975. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Toby Wallace" (PDF). Catherine Poulton Management. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b Capone, Alesha (20 December 2011). "Star Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook". Acting Adam coaches kids. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
- ^ a b c Groves, Don (19 November 2017). "Toby Wallace on playing a white supremacist in Stan's 'Romper Stomper'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Awards of the 76th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Jefferson, Dee (30 November 2020). "'That we made it at all seems like a miracle': Cate Blanchett's refugee drama sweeps AACTA awards". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
External links
edit- Toby Wallace at IMDb